When is it cheaper to rent a Ryobi 3300 PSI Power Washer with 50’ Flexilla Hose on the 28-day rate?

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $288 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

Break-even duration

Q: When is it cheaper to rent a Ryobi 3300 PSI Power Washer with 50’ Flexilla Hose by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $24 day rate would be $120, but the weekly rate caps it at $96.

Equipment rents on three rates — a day rate, a week rate and a 28-day rate — and the cheapest one changes as the job runs long. This finds the two days where it changes, on a real listing’s real published rates.

Ryobi 3300 PSI Power Washer with 50’ Flexilla Hose

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Jeff Scott · Pressure Washers

Day: $24
Week: $96
28 days: $288

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $120. On the week rate it is $96.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $432. On the 28-day rate it is $288.

The working

Whole weeks bill at the week rate; the leftover days bill at the day rate but never add up to more than one extra week; and a whole 28-day cycle never costs more than the 28-day rate. That is the rule, applied one day at a time.

Rental price by duration for Ryobi 3300 PSI Power Washer with 50’ Flexilla Hose, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$24	$24	—	day
2	$48	$48	—	day
3	$72	$72	—	day
4	$96	$96	—	day
5	$120	$96	you save $24	week
6	$144	$96	you save $48	week
7	$168	$96	you save $72	week
8	$192	$120	you save $72	week
9	$216	$144	you save $72	week
10	$240	$168	you save $72	week
11	$264	$192	you save $72	week
12	$288	$192	you save $96	week
13	$312	$192	you save $120	week
14	$336	$192	you save $144	week
15	$360	$216	you save $144	week
16	$384	$240	you save $144	week
17	$408	$264	you save $144	week
18	$432	$288	you save $144	28-day
19	$456	$288	you save $168	28-day
20	$480	$288	you save $192	28-day
21	$504	$288	you save $216	28-day
22	$528	$288	you save $240	28-day
23	$552	$288	you save $264	28-day
24	$576	$288	you save $288	28-day
25	$600	$288	you save $312	28-day
26	$624	$288	you save $336	28-day
27	$648	$288	you save $360	28-day
28	$672	$288	you save $384	28-day
29	$696	$312	you save $384	day
30	$720	$336	you save $384	day
31	$744	$360	you save $384	day
32	$768	$384	you save $384	day
33	$792	$384	you save $408	week
34	$816	$384	you save $432	week
35	$840	$384	you save $456	week

Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 18 days: $288
Rental protection (RPP): $43.20
Service fee: $28.80
Estimated total: $360

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The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.

Where these numbers come from

The rates are the operator’s own, read live from their listing. The arithmetic is the same best-price billing engine that produces 2Quip invoices — not a second copy written for this page — run on the industry-standard terms: a 28-day cycle, whole weeks at the week rate, leftover days at the day rate capped at one more week.

An operator can agree different terms on an individual rental, and a long rental bills per 28-day cycle rather than in one lump. So treat this as what the rate card says, and the operator’s quote as what you are agreeing to.